Bình Dương province
Bình Dương | |
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Clockwise, from top left: Bình Dương Administration Center, Clock Tower of Thủ Dầu Một's six-way intersection, Hội An Temple, Hội Khánh Temple, Phú Cường Cathedral, Đại Nam Văn Hiến, Temple of Lady Thiên Hậu. | |
| Nickname: The industrial capital of the South | |
Location of Bình Dương within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 11°10′N 106°40′E / 11.167°N 106.667°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Southeast |
| Metropolitan area | Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area |
| Capital | Thủ Dầu Một |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chairman | Phạm Văn Chánh |
| • People's Committee Chairman | Võ Văn Minh |
| • Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Binh Duong Party Committee | Trần Văn Nam |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,694.64 km2 (1,040.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,870,900 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Binh Duong people Binzuonese |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khmer, Tày, Hoa, Xtiêng |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 483.032 trillion US$ 20.750 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 650 (until 16 July 2017) 274 (from 17 June 2017) |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-57 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.756 (14th) |
| Website | www |
Bình Dương was formerly a province of Vietnam. It was located in the Southeast region of the country and the Southern Key Economic Zone, bordering Bình Phước province to the north, Ho Chi Minh City (Sài Gòn) to the south and southwest, Tây Ninh province to the west, and Đồng Nai province to the east. The province was created from Sông Bé province on 1 January 1997 and dissolved on 12 June 2025 to be incorporated into Ho Chi Minh City.
Bình Dương was considered to be the gateway to Ho Chi Minh City, the economic cultural centre and most populous city of the country. Endowed with convenient geography conditions, Bình Dương had an extremely important road network. Major highways of the country crossed Bình Dương such as Ho Chi Minh Highway, National Route 13 and 14, Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 and 4, Ho Chi Minh City–Chơn Thành–Hoa Lư Expressway and the Trans-Asian Highway (AH1, AH17) with other major provincial roads. Bình Dương was only 10–25 kilometres (6.2–15.5 mi) from Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and important ports in the southern part of the province and in the northern part is under 70 kilometres (43 mi). All of the advantages created favourable conditions to achieve social and economic development.